The two veterans played a total of 40 minutes in the first game, and the two veterans basically didn't sweat in the second game.

"It's an amazing feeling." As he walked away from work, Ray Allen told Billups with a smile that for the first time in his career, he had switched his role and become a substitute for the team.

The two men walked side by side, and Billups let out a long sigh and said, "I'm a little better, I've seen it." After all, my body is not as good as that of young people, in the first two seasons in the Knicks and Clippers, I was the main starter, and I was often in the No. 2 position, although the strength is worthy of others, the physical consumption is very large, and I suffer from long-term injuries every year. ”

"With less playing time, more time to rest." Billups then added.

Ray Allen agrees with Billups: "And the 76ers have a lot of young players, although there is a bit of a shortage in the No. 1 position, but Andre Iguodala and Tang Wenlong can both make cameos in the No. 1 position, and the two of them are very active on the court, and it is easier for the head coach to dispatch them." ”

"I love Jimmy, it's amazing how real this kid is." Billups made no secret of his admiration for Butler.

"yes, Jimmy is really talented, he's very good defensively, and his shooting seems to have improved a lot." Ray Allen said.

"Oh? It's like you played against him last season. Billups laughed.

Ray Allen raised an eyebrow, "Of course, although Jimmy was still a fringe man at the time, he made a deep impression on me, did he even dare to go head-on with Paul (Pierce)?" ”

"But the shooting was a bit bad at that time, and now it's been a summer and it's been such a great improvement."

"I think we saw the improvement in the playoffs last year, and I heard Tang Wenlong say that the two of them often go head-to-head with each other, and the speed at which Butler has improved has made the coaching staff look sideways."

"It looks like Coach Doug is going to reuse Butler this season, and his playing time should be stable at about 20 minutes." Billups said categorically.

"If you perform well, you can't rule out the opportunity to play for 30 minutes."

After analyzing the two old fritters, they suddenly found that the two of them really became thighs when they came to the 76ers, at least the 76ers seemed to be the top team in the league even without the two of them.

"The presence is so low," Billups said with a wry smile.

When I went out to the underground garage, I happened to see Tang Wenlong driving a sports car with a throttle on the accelerator again, he rolled down the window and helped his sunglasses.

"Two big brothers, why are you only coming down now, my press conference is over." Tang Wenlong whistled and said hello.

Ray Allen walked over with a smile, touched the sideline of Tang Wenlong's car, and said with a smile: "Are we old people, of course, we move slowly, unlike you who are young and young, and we always fly at the same speed." ”

"Don't make fun of me, the two eldest brothers have been through a hundred battles, even if we are fast, we are not as fast as your judgment." Tang Wenlong snorted and talked nonsense casually.

After chatting with each other for a few more words, Tang Wenlong laughed and waved his hand to leave first.

"Then I'll go first, and the two big brothers will talk back!"

Billups and Ray Allen nodded, watched Tang Wenlong slam the accelerator, spewed out two strong exhaust gases, and suddenly rushed forward and drove out of the underground garage

The old-fashioned pillar tactics are not difficult to understand, but they are a little complicated to operate.

After the preseason and the two regular season run-ins, the two veterans basically understood the seven, seven, eight, eight Other players, such as Jeffrey Taylor, who was sent to the Development League, and Kwame Brown, whose entire brain is stuffed with muscles, simply don't understand and are still out of the system.

Jeffrey is a little better, after all, he is a rookie and can still learn and improve. Kwame Brown signed with the 76ers, but he was ready to use it as an instant player, and he has not been able to integrate into the state of the 76ers team, which made the coaches on the coaching staff sweat and feel a little worried.

Fortunately, Kwame Brown and Whiteside have similar functions, and the two are currently in a state of competition, and Collins is completely dependent on which one is better. In general, Kwame Brown's resistance and penalty area defense are a little better than Whiteside's, and the latter's confrontation is still slightly worse.

After the first two back-to-back games, the time entered November, and the weather gradually cooled.

The 76ers take on the Knicks on the road.

The Knicks have had a bad year, with Stoudemire out of action after spraining his left knee in the previous preseason, and he just underwent surgery to recover his left knee two days ago, and it is expected that even if the recovery is ideal, it will be at least next year in 2013.

In this case, the Knicks' power forward position is in a hurry, and the head coach simply arranged for Anthony to play at the No. 4 position in the new season, hoping to use his personal misplaced offensive ability to help the Knicks in the predicament.

Fortunately, with the introduction of Kidd from the Mavericks, plus the previous champion center Chandler, the Knicks can be regarded as filling the two cores of the Mavericks' championship-winning lineup that year. Coupled with JR Smith, Ronnie Brewer, Vucevic, Shambaugh and other strong players, even if it is to imitate the Mavericks of the year, the Knicks will not be far behind, right?

Head coach Mike Woodson was ready to start from the ground up and get the details of the Knicks' game right.

After the introduction of Kidd, the atmosphere in the Knicks' locker room is obviously different, and the whole team has gradually clarified the goals of future development and hard work, and has become flesh and blood.

At least in the first game of the new season with the 76ers, Tang Wenlong felt the difference in the Knicks as a whole.

"Cameron's defense has improved so much!" When Tang Wenlong and his seniors were opposed, they obviously felt Anthony's concentrated attention, and it seemed that he was determined to make a good career.

The 76ers' tactics were simple, and Anthony found Tang Wenlong, Iguodala and Jimmy Butler to take turns to defend, and Tian shamelessly used the wheel tactics to consume Anthony's physical strength.

After the Knicks became a single core, the 76ers' defensive focus became very clear, although the effect of this was actually mediocre.

The two teams had wonderful moments in the first half, and at halftime, the 76ers took a narrow two-point lead. By the third quarter, the 76ers went on a 15-2 surge to lead by 10 points overall into the fourth quarter.

The Knicks were really resilient, and in the fourth quarter, taking advantage of Tang Wenlong's dismissal, they played a wave of 8-0 counterattack Xiao Gao-Chao, instantly closing the score to only 2 points. Collins sat firmly on the Diaoyu Tai and called a timeout to calm the morale-boosting Knicks players, but at the same time, he did not replace Tang Wenlong to control the situation.

Sure enough, after the timeout came back, Ray Allen's three-pointer stabilized the morale of the army, and the 76ers regained their footing.

After that, the difference between the two teams was about 5 points, and in the final decisive stage of the game, Anthony singled Iguodala in a row, and even made Tang Wenlong's fourth foul.

By the time the two teams reached 3:16, the Knicks had a one-point lead.

Tang Wenlong hit two consecutive pull-up jump shots at a critical moment to re-establish a 3-point lead for the 76ers, and the mentality of the players on both sides of the court changed.

Anthony missed a three-pointer and the game entered the final 1 minute.

The scorching game made the fans on both sides nervous, not to mention the players on the field, who couldn't tell whether their hearts were beating violently due to physical exertion or their hearts were pounding rapidly because of the suffocating period.

Iguodala missed a jumper and chose to pack Anthony in defense, and the cores of both sides were heavily guarded at critical moments.

Anthony distributed the ball to his teammates, and the elder Kidd correctly distributed the ball to JR Smith, who was in the empty corner, and it was Marc Gasol who was supposed to guard the penalty area!

When JR saw such a mountain-like monster rushing towards him, even though he told himself not to be nervous, his strength was still a little weak.

The basketball fell to the ground without being touched, Chandler and West fell to the ground to grab the ball, and stabbed the ball on the floor and rolled.

Anthony and Tang Wenlong slid on the ground almost at the same time to grab the ball, and then Tang Wenlong took the lead in controlling the ball with his better position and reach, and immediately called a timeout wittily.

In the subsequent game, Tang Wenlong singled Anthony with his back in the low post, and hit a deadly two-point jumper, and the Knicks fell into a desperate situation.

Anthony missed another three-point attempt, and the rebound was touched by both sides to the bottom line, and in the replay, it was hit by Chandler's hand and out of the line, and the referee awarded the ball to the 76ers.

The audience booed, and the 76ers sideline ball was given to Ray Allen, who went to the free throw line and hit both free throws, and the 76ers won the Knicks on the road and won the first three-game winning streak of the new season with some difficulty! (To be continued.) )